Newby, Larkin, 1781-1824.

Larkin Newby (1781-1824) was a merchant and state legislator of Fayetteville, N.C. In 1806 he married Cecilia Pearce, daughter of Mary West and Oliver Pearce, granddaughter of Revolutionary leader and astronomer Benjamin West (1730-1813). They had four children: Blakely, Mary (born 1819), Thompson, and George Clinton (born 1822) Newby.

From the guide to the Larkin Newby Papers, ., 1796-1884, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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